The D.C. Circuit held that Congress’ TikTok ban survived a variety of Constitutional challenges, including a First Amendment challenge, even if strict scrutiny applies. The decision will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, with uncertain prospects, so this is probably not the final word on the matter–or possibly even an important one. Still, it’s […]
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care. Trending in the past week: Professional standards Teledentistry Occupational therapy A CLOSER LOOK Proposed Rulemaking: The Florida Nursing Board proposed a set of […]
Late by Jason Taellious CC BY-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/acTK3N Justice Minister Arif Virani yesterday finally bowed to public pressure by agreeing to split Bill C-63, the Online Harms bill. The move brings to an end the ill-conceived attempt to wedge together Internet platform responsibility with Criminal Code provisions and the potential weaponization of the Canada Human […]
Originally posted 2009-09-15 18:25:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter From the National Post, trademark news about a lawsuit brought by New York’s charming Naked Cowboy against the makers of M&M’s and its ad agency. The story is in Canadian, but you can still more or less make it out: Robert Burck, a New York […]
Don’t count on President Trump’s executive order overturning or significantly restricting the statute that has governed internet freedom in the United States for the last 24 years. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, enacted in 1996, is a powerful statute that drives a vibrant internet by granting special freedoms to online service providers and […]
Verisign went into the US Thanksgiving weekend with a freshly renewed .com Registry Agreement that allows it to keep control of its cash cow for another six years with price-raising powers the US government admitted it is powerless to rescind. The deal with ICANN does not change Verisign’s price caps — it will still be […]
Before Christmas Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan invited members of the public to submit questions about the Online Safety Bill, which she will sit down to answer in the New Year. Here are mine. 1. A volunteer who sets up and operates a Mastodon instance in their spare time appears to be the provider of a […]
By MARK PEARSON My keynote address last week to the international research conference at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, introduced strategies for enabling students and colleagues to reflect mindfully in the course of their communication and education. — The edited shorter address follows. The full version is available from the organisers ([email protected] ) and […]
Three South Korean entertainment companies turned to a U.S. court to assist in identifying anonymous YouTube users accused of posting defamatory content. The companies sought permission to issue a subpoena under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, a law that allows U.S. courts to facilitate evidence collection for foreign legal proceedings. Applicants alleged that the YouTube channels […]
I support statutes that restrict businesses from contractually “gagging” their customers’ reviews. This pernicious business practice emerged around 15 years ago. Eventually, both state legislatures and Congress banned the practice. The flagship law in this area is the Consumer Review Fairness Act, enacted by Congress in 2016. My primer on that law. California enacted a […]